Editing Ring Lardner (section)

==Cultural references==

* [[J. D. Salinger]] referred to Lardner in two of his works,'' [[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' and ''[[Franny and Zooey]]''. In the former work, protagonist Holden Caulfield says: "My favorite author is my brother D.B. and my next favorite is Ring Lardner".
* [[Wayne C. Booth]] mentioned Lardner's famous short story "Haircut" in his essay "Telling and Showing."<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Rhetoric of Fiction, 2nd ed.|last=Booth|first=Wayne C.|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1983|isbn=0-226-06556-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rhetoricoffictio00wayn/page/3 3–20]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rhetoricoffictio00wayn/page/3}}</ref>
* In his movie ''[[Eight Men Out]]'' (1988) about the [[Black Sox scandal]], writer-director [[John Sayles]] portrayed Lardner as one of the clear-eyed observers who was not taken in by the conspiracy.  In one scene, Lardner strolls through the White Sox train, singing a [[parody]] of the song "[[I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles]]," changed to "I'm Forever Throwing Ballgames."<ref>[http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Eight-Men-Out ''Eight Men Out'' Movie Review, DVD Release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310175434/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Eight-Men-Out# |date=2008-03-10 }}, Filmcritic.com</ref>
* The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame inducted Lardner in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chicagoliteraryhof.org/inductees/profile/ring-lardner |title=Ring Lardner |date=2016 |website=Chicago Literary Hall of Fame |language=en |access-date=2017-10-08}}</ref>
* [[Harry Turtledove]] describes his short story "Batboy" as a Ring Lardner pastiche.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/departures00turt/page/146|title=Departures|last=Turtledove, Harry.|date=1993|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0345380118|edition=1st|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/departures00turt/page/146 146]|oclc=28124415|url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[Neil Simon]] references Ring Lardner in his play ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]''.
* In [[John DeChancie]]'s novel ''Castle for Rent,'' Lord Incarnadine mentions having been friends with Ring Lardner.
* In Sam Halpert's semi-autobiographical novel about a navigator in the [[91st Bombardment Group|91st Bomb Group]], ''A Real Good War'' (1997), the narrator mentions reading Lardner, and specifically refers to "Haircut".